Challenges of urban education : sociological perspectives for the next century

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Challenges of urban education : sociological perspectives for the next century

Karen A. McClafferty, Carlos Alberto Torres, Theodore R. Mitchell, editors

State Unviersity of New York Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A supplemental text with a fresh, bold edge, Challenges of Urban Education includes a range of topics from quantitative analyses of student demographics to the description and analysis of urban high school students' creative writing. The book bridges the dualisms of local and global, theory and practice, and structure and agency. It furthers the advancement of "the new sociology of education" by making connections between the social context of urban schooling and the lives of the individuals who are affected by it. [Contributors include Michael W. Apple; Anthony Gary Dworkin; Pamela Fenning; harry Handler; David Keiser; Karen A. McClafferty; Peter McLaren; Roslyn Arlin Mickelson; Theodore R. Mitchell; Raymond A. Morrow; Marianela Parraga; Margaret K. Purser; Ayman Sheikh-Hussin; Sid Thompson; Laurence A. Toenjes; Carlos Alberto Torres; Eugene Tucker; Amy Stuart Wells; Geoff Whitty; and Jim Wilczynski.]

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Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Part I: Critical Issues in Urban Education and Challenges for the Sociology of Education Introduction: Challenges of the New Sociology of Urban Education Karen A. McClafferty, Carlos A. Torres and Theodore R. Mitchell 1. Power, Meaning, and Identity: Critical Sociology of Education in the United States Michael W. Apple 2. Social Theory and Educational Research: Reframing the Quantitative-Qualitative Distinction through a Critical Theory of Methodology Raymond A. Morrow 3. Sociology of Education and Urban Education Policy Geoff Whitty Part II: Empirical Perspectives on Urban Education 4. Where Neoliberal Ideology Meets Social Context: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Charter Schools and England's Grant-Maintained Schools Amy Stuart Wells 5. Corporations and Classrooms: A Critical Examination of the Business Agenda for Urban School Reform Roslyn Arlin Mickelson 6. A Comparative Analysis of Existing Secondary School Discipline Policies: Implications for Improving Practice and School Safety Pamela Fenning, James D. Wilczynski, and Marianela Parraga 7. Modeling the Effects of Changing Demography on Student Learning: Applications Designed to Change School District Practices Anthony Gary Dworkin, Laurence A. Toenjes, Margaret K. Purser, and Ayman Sheikh-Hussin 8. Gangsta Pedagogy and Ghettoncentricity: The Hip-Hop Nation as Counterpublic Sphere Peter McLaren 9. Battlin' Nihilism at an Urban High School: Pedagogy, Perseverance, and Hope David Keiser Part III: In Conclusion: Reflections on the Dilemmas of Urban Education Reform 10. Gaps, Bridges, and Buffers in the Research, Policy, and Practice of Urban Education: A Dialogue Theodore R. Mitchell, Carlos A. Torres, and Karen A. McClafferty 11. Memoirs of Urban Education Policymakers: A Dialogue among Three Former Urban School Superintendents Harry Handler, Sid Thompson, and Eugene Tucker with Carlos A. Torres and Karen A. McClafferty The Contributors Index

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